# Storing Zoom secret key for a react web application?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/storing-zoom-secret-key-for-a-react-web-application/31842>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/storing-zoom-secret-key-for-a-react-web-application/31842 "2020-10-01T02:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![brookek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@brookek](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/brookek)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/storing-zoom-secret-key-for-a-react-web-application/31842/1 "2020-10-01T02:55:08Z")

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What is the best way to store the Zoom Secret Key for a react web application? Environment variables are embedded into the code at build time and as such would be visible to anyone who cared to go through the code. Thanks

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/storing-zoom-secret-key-for-a-react-web-application/31842/2 "2020-10-01T20:47:31Z")

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Hey @brookek,

Please see our guide here for generating the Web SDK signature on the server side, so that your Secret Key is not exposed on the client side:

> **[Generate Signature - Build an App - Web - Native SDKs - Zoom Software...](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/web/build/signature)**
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> Generate Signature
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> Each request to start or join a meeting / webinar must be verified by an encrypted signature authorizing each user to enter. A signa...

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/storing-zoom-secret-key-for-a-react-web-application/31842/3 "2020-11-01T06:47:32Z")

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